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jaywalker

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jay·walk  (jwôk)
intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks
To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner.

[From jay, inexperienced person.]

jaywalker n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jaywalker - a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally
pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot
Translations
jaywalker [ˈdʒeɪwɔːkəʳ] npeatón/ona m/f imprudente

jaywalker [ˈdʒeɪwɔːkəʳ] npiéton indiscipliné

jaywalker [ˈdʒeɪwɔːkəʳ] nunachtsamer Fußgänger m, unachtsame Fußgängerin f

jaywalker [ˈdʒeɪwɔːkəʳ] npedone/a indisciplinato/a

jaywalker
n jaywalker [ˈdʒeiwoːkə]
a person who walks carelessly among traffic She never looks to see if there's a car coming before she crosses the road – she's a jaywalker. bontloper, gansloper, straatgans الشّخْص المخالِف لِحَرَكَة المُرور човек който пресича без да се оглежда neukázněný chodec fumlegænger unachtsamer Fußgänger αφηρημένος πεζός peatón imprudente ettevaatamatu jalakäija عابر متخلف varomaton jalankulkija piéton indiscipliné הוֹלֶך רֶגֶל עֲבַרייָן रास्ता पार करने में लापरवाह होना nepozoran pješak vigyázatlanul közlekedő gyalogos penyeberang jalan sembarangan kærulaus gangandi vegfarandi (pedone indisciplinato) 不注意な歩行者 무단 횡단자 neatsargus pėsčiasis neuzmanīgs gājējs pejalan kaki sembarangan onvoorzichtige voetganger rågjenger, skjødesløs fotgjenger nieuważny przechodzień pieton impru­dent неосторожный пешеход nedisciplinovaný chodec nepreviden pešec neobazriv pešak gådrulle คนที่ข้ามถนนอย่างผิดกฎหมาย sokakta dikkatsiz yürüyen kimse 亂穿馬路者 неуважний пішохід سڑک پر بے احتیاطی سے چلنے والا người đi ẩu 穿
n jaywalking
The police were concerned about the number of accidents involving jaywalking. bontlopery, ganslopery المَشْي المُخالِف لِحَرَكَة المُرور пресичане без оглеждане nekázeň chodců fumlegængeri unachtsames Auf-der-Straße-gehen η απρόσεχτη κυκλοφορία των πεζών στο δρόμο de los imprudencia peatones jalakäijate ettevaatamatus عبور غیر قانونی عابرین jalankulkijoiden varomattomuus indiscipline des piétons חֲצִייָת כְּבִיש מְסוּכֶּנֶת रास्ता पार करने में लापरवाही hodanje gradom bez obraćanja pozornosti na prometne znakove szabálytalan átkelés menyeberang jalan sembarangan kæruleysi gangandi vegfarenda (indisciplina dei pedoni) 不注意な歩行 무단 횡단 neatsargus vaikščiojimas per gatvę neuzmanība uz ielas berjalan sembarangan onvoorzichtig voetgangergedrag gå ut det å i gata uten å se seg for nieuważne przechodzenie przez jezdnię traversare imprudentă a străzii неосторожный переход улицы nedisciplinovanosť chodcov neprevidna hoja prelaženje ulice na nedozvoljenim mestima oförsiktighet som gångtrafikant การข้ามถนนอย่างผิดกฎหมาย dikkatsiz yürüme 亂穿馬路 необережне перетинання дороги سڑک پر لا پروائی سے چلنا sự đi ẩu 穿


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But don't take him for some liberal softie in an elephant costume--our three-strikes law is still firmly intact, and even our jaywalkers are running scared at the prospect of having their DNA entered into a national database.
As for jaywalking, Funes said, "I don't know anyone who could say that a jaywalker is going to be a robber, but if you live your life with disregard to the consequence of breaking laws and if you defy authority, there may come a time when that would be detrimental to your life.
Henri Sisneros, a former federal prosecutor in Salt Lake City, argues that, lust as police don't haul every jaywalker off to jail, the government should choose more carefully whom to prosecute.
 
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